Placket-closer, &amp;c.



No. 630,l90.

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Patented Aug. l, 1899. E. DAVIDSON.

PLACKET CLOSER, 8:0.

(Application filed Nov. 11, 1898.)

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JAMES E. DAVIDSON, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

PLACKET-CLOSEILBLO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 630,190, dated August1, 1899.

Application filed November 11, 1898. -Serial No.- 696,l32. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES E. DAVIDSON, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vent-Closing and Skirt- Supporting Devices, of which the following is aspecification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inskirt-supporters and may be more particularly defined as a combinationskirt-supporter and placketcloser.

The object of this invention is to provide new and novel means whereby askirt may be easily supported or suspended from the belt and to providefurther means whereby the placket or slit in'the skirt may beconveniently and effectively closed andan accidental displacement oropening of the placket prevented.

The invention has for its further object to construct a device of theabove-referred-to class that will be extremely simple in construction,strong, durable, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

A still further object of the invention is to construct a device thatmay be easily applied to and removed from the garment when desired and,furthermore, one that may be easily opened and closed.

iVith the above and other objects in view the invention finally consistsin the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to behereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed outin theclaim.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and whereinlike figures of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalviews thereof, and in which- Figure 1 represents a skirt and beltprovided with my improved supporter and Fig. 2 represents aplan view ofmyimproved supporter and placket-closer. Fig. 3 represents a side viewof the same. Fig. 4 represents a perspective view of the same. Fig. 5represents an enlarged View of a portion of one of the sections of thedevice, showing more particularly a form of fastening means. Fig. 6 is asimilar view showing a modified form of fastening means. Fig. 7 is adetail view, partly in section, showing a modified form of lockingmeans.

In the drawings, 1 indicates the main section of my improvedskirtsupporter and placket-closer, said section having formed at itsupper free end a hook 2 and provided at its lower extremity with anaperture 3. Said lower extremity is slightly bent downward, as shown at4, to form a shoulder.

The numeral 6 represents the socket, which is adapted to receive thehead 7, formed on the face of the section 8. Said section is like wiseprovided with an aperture at its lower extremity, which aperturecorresponds with the aperture 3 formed in the section 1, both aperturesbeing adapted to receive a rivet 9, forming a pivotal connection betweenthe sections 1 and 8. The said section 8 is likewise provided with ashoulder 1.0, corresponding with the shoulder 4 of the section 1.

The numeral 11 indicates barbs formed integral with the sections 1 andc5, which serve to fasten the sections to the fabric.

The numeral 12 designates an aperture formed in the sections 1 and 8,which may serve to stitch the sections to the garment.

In actual practiceI find it advantageous to dispense with the fasteningmeans as shown in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings, but prefer to hem thesections 1 and S to the edges of the slit or placket.

The operation of this device will be readily apparent from the abovedescription. The sections 1 and 8 are placed on opposite sides of thehem of the edges of the skirt, forming the slit, the hook 2 engages theupper edge of the belt when the garment is placed in position, and thetwo sections 1 and S are brought together and by a slight pressure thehead 7 engages the shank 6 and the sections are securely lockedtogether. The shoulderst and 10 serve to form a space between thesections 1 and 8 (see Fig. 3) of sufficientwidth to compensate for thethickness of the fabric, thus allowing both sections to be easilyoperated. In order to open the slit and remove the garment, only aslight pressure is required to disengage the head 7 from the shankportion 6, and the sections may be then operated, as shown in dottedlines in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details ofconstruction of my improved skirt-supporter and placket-closer withoutdeparting from the general spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A skirt-supporter and placket-closer consisting of two elongatedsections of unequal length pivotally connected at one end, each of saidsections being bent outwardly near the pivoted end to separate thesections, the longer of said sections having a hook formed

